ZUG, Switzerland, Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Corporation today announced that Lee M. Ahlstrom, Vice President, Investor Relations and Planning, Noble Drilling Services Inc., will present at the Pritchard Capital - Energize 2010 conference, which is being held January 6-8, 2010, in San Francisco, CA. Noble''s presentation is scheduled for 9:40 a.m. Pacific Time on Thursday, January 7, 2010 and will be made available live and for replay on the Company''s Web site. The Company''s presentation slides for the event and the related webcast will be available on the day of the event in the Investor Relations section of http://www.noblecorp.com/, by clicking on the "Webcast" tab and following the instructions provided.

About Noble Corporation

Noble is a leading offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry. Noble performs, through its subsidiaries, contract drilling services with a fleet of 62 offshore drilling units (including three rigs currently under construction) located worldwide, including in the Middle East, India, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, the Mediterranean, the North Sea, Brazil, and West Africa. Noble''s shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "NE". Additional information on Noble Corporation is available via the worldwide web at http://www.noblecorp.com/.

Noble Corporation

CONTACT: Investors, Lee M. Ahlstrom, Vice President - Investor Relations
and Planning, +1-281-276-6440, or Media, John S. Breed, Director of Corporate
Communications, +1-281-276-6729, both of Noble Drilling Services Inc.

Web Site: http://www.noblecorp.com/